Team Manager/ Assistant Manager Full Time

Panera Bread • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

As a Team Manager, you are part of the bakery-cafe’s leadership team, helping run great shifts, support team development, and maintain the high standards guests expect. You help ensure guests are delighted by the quality of the food, service, and staff, and build relationships that encourage long-term guest loyalty. You lead, coach, motivate, and develop team members, participate in hiring, and train the team on food safety standards. The role requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. A job offer is conditional on the results of a background check.

Requirements

• Minimum age of 18.
• Proven ability to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
• ServSafe certification, or ability to obtain certification.
• Flexible availability, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing 25 pounds.
• Ability to stand and walk for up to 6 hours.
• Ability to communicate clearly and quickly understand guests’ and associates’ directions in a loud environment.

Nice To Haves

• At least 1 year of restaurant management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guests are delighted by the quality of food, service, and staff.
• Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests.
• Lead, manage, coach, motivate, and develop team members to meet goals for sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience; recognize their achievements.
• Participate in interviewing and selecting team members.
• Train the team in food safety standards and ensure those standards are maintained.
• Help build a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.
• Represent Panera’s Guiding Values and Behaviors by making people smile, learning and growing together, finding solutions and taking initiative, working as a team, celebrating success, and seeing the best in others.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and eligibility for quarterly bonuses.
• Free on-shift meals and unlimited fountain beverages.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance.
• 401(k) with match available.
• Career advancement and leadership development opportunities.
• Tuition discounts.
• Perks and rewards for team members.
• Team member assistance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed